Improved clothes-like clamp



fnitr. gisten W. s. SHOE MAKER', OFToWsoNToWN, MARYLA`ND, A ND E H. sHoE.

MAKER, 0F LANCASTER, OHIO.

Lmm Pamuvaeeota'dma Mag 1 1, 1869.

` narrzovsn enormes-Lm' se it: known that we, W. s. ennemi-Ken', of 'rowsont'own, in theA county of Baltimore,'and State of Maryland', and E. IE. SHOEMAKEB, of Lancaster, Fairfield county, State .of.0hio, have invented a new and im.

proved Clothes-Line Pin,'or Clasp; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,'clear, and exact description thereof, refece being had .to the accompanying drawings,making. of this specification, in

which- Figure lis-a perspective'vlew, showing the manner of fastening an artieletoaclothes-line by ourimp'roved plus, or clasps.

Figures 2 '3 and 4,1m. different views of the im, .proved pin, or clasp.

' y Similar letters' of reference indicate corresponding parts in the 'several figures.

i The object of this invention is't 'adapt a single piece of -sp'rin metalfto serve as a clothes-pin, or

c1859, for secunng`articles to e'clothes-line.

The natureoil our invention consists in a corrugated and"ilanged-loop, or ring, oomposedof a single piece' Vof springy metal, and. adapted forretaining itselfvupon' a clothesfli'ne, and also for olaspngandfrmly holding a-cloththereon, as will be hereinaer explained.

vTo enable. others skilled inthe' arttounderstand four invention, we will describe the saule'.-

.In the accompanying. drawlngsf j B represents the body of the, clasp", which is almost l a-complete circle, and which has its ends turned out-f l `ward, and elongated, so as toform jews, or'elaspin'g-'- flanged-c @,:which maybe vmade longerthan the width of thering B,;or equal in width'- to this ring,

` 'The 'drawings show thefgrin oi; clasping-ja-ws leo'uiewhat longer than-the wid o 4B, and' with 'their andere b,'made daring, so `thata cloth m'ay be 'readily inserted betwuthgm;

gated,1or made to present concave surfaces externally',-

l and-convex sides internally, asI clearlyshowmfr the urpos'e of aifoding the required stillness tosaid parts,l

' Witnessesas to W. S. VSamen-lilium Tho'ohedub referred to' in, Letten Patent und making part of thoamp.'

ferable tolhave' 'the device formed substantially as shown, so that its edges turn outwardly.

It s-necessary, or. at leastdesirable; to have the ring,` or loop springy, so that when' its jaws are drawn apart theywill-spring together, and thus gripe and firmly retain anythn introduced between them.

We, therefore, pre er'to make the device'of some suitable sprngymetal,.wl1ich may be galvanized to.

prevent rusting, and which may bestruek up into the required form between suitable dle's, orwhich maybe east..

" In fig, 1, of the drawings, we have {represent-,ed two of the. improved devices, clasping and holding a cloth upon a line, A. It will be seen'that the ring,'or loop-- portion B encompasses the line, and that portion of the'elasp which passes over it, and that the jaw-por?.

tions ou receive-between them*y and hold the cloth beneath the line. 4'

Toapplythe clasps after an article is spread over av line, they are'slipped. over the edges of thev cloth'l by .moving each clasp in a. direction with the length. of

the line.

vThe rings, oploopt. B snoulabeni ny erger niet' the diameter of the line for which It ey are intended l. to be used, so that theywill receive between them' and the lineoneor twothieknes'ses o f cloth.l

I f sulliciently. elastic, the olaspsmay be put upona linev by springing their ljaws .a a apart, but it is in-` tended to keep theseclasps permanently upon the lines, sov thattheywill always beat hand when re quired.' Therefore, they maybe slipped upon one end vof a line before it is fastened to its place.Y

Having described our invention, '4 1 We claim, as a new and 'mproved article of manufacturef f A elolthesliue clasp, consisting of a'ring, B, termi-` nating', at its ends, in jaws'a a, and stid'ened. by corrugating,':s\ 1bstantiallyasdeseribed. W.',S.M

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